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Mental Health and Child Well-Being: Home Visiting

The pressures and demands of raising a child can be challenging for even the best-prepared parent. Home visiting, the practice of trained parent educators meeting families in their homes with support and resources, helps parents understand the tremendous impact they can have on their child's early brain development. Home visitors model and encourage parents to interact with their child in ways that support early language and social-emotional skills—leading to improvements in a child's school readiness, health, and development. 

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